Executive Compensation

CSU Chancellor Charles Reed continues to heap lavish bonuses and
six figure compensation deals on CSU executives even while the
CSU budget is slashed, faculty and staff face layoffs and student
fees are on the rise.

The CSU Board of Trustees’ meeting of September 19-20 wrapped up
this morning. Here are some of the topics that were presented,
considered, or adopted.

HELP FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS & FACULTY ON CAMPUS:
CFA Associate Vice President Molly Talcott (CSU Los Angeles)
addressed the Trustees plenary about more steps the CSU can take.
Noting
the Chancellor’s declaration of support, she said, “We have
suggestions for what else the CSU can do.” She called for
Dreamers Resource Centers on all CSU campuses that are connected
with teaching, research, and internships on those campuses;
research on how our undocumented students are doing in this
crisis; and a task force to determine what more the CSU can do.

The Joint
Legislative Audit Committee voted this morning to grant state
Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber’s request to audit “the levels
of growth in the numbers of CSU management positions, increases
in compensation of CSU Executives, and the oversight and
accountability of the CSU budget.”

In an unprecedented move, incoming CSU Chancellor Timothy P.
White urged the CSU Board of Trustees to approve a compensation
package for him that is 10% lower than what current Chancellor
Charles B. Reed receives.

The CSU Board of Trustees announced last week that the next
chancellor of the CSU system will be Timothy P. White, the
current chancellor of the University of California-Riverside.

CFA President Lillian Taiz, a history professor at Cal State Los
Angeles, said, “We welcome the new chancellor to the California
State University and look forward to a new and constructive era
for public higher education in our state.

The California Faculty Association conducted a survey of members and other members of the CSU community to generate discussion and frame input from the faculty regarding the search for the next CSU Chancellor.

While student fees continue to rise and CSU management refuses to
bargain a fair contract with faculty, CSU Northridge is spending
$350,000 to remodel the office and personal residence of incoming
President Dianne Harrison.

California State University students who engaged in a week-long
hunger strike over soaring tuition and high executive pay have
ended their fasts.

The dozen students at six campuses convinced CSU to consider one
of their demands: extending free speech areas.

Members of Students for Quality Education (SQE)—who organized
support for the hunger strikers—said they believe the action lent
a voice to the 40,000 students who have been turned away from the
CSU due to lack of priorities and mismanagement of funds.